Source: debhelper Followup-For: Bug #895061 Hello.
The 'ocaml' maintainers have closed #877267, but a new search shows that 'virtualbox' also uses --ignore. I have reported #935309, with a trivial patch getting the same effect by other means. Once #935309 is fixed, the attachment removes support for --ignore (it replaces the previous one).
--- a/debhelper.pod +++ b/debhelper.pod @@ -185,13 +185,10 @@ =item B<--ignore=>I<file> -Ignore the specified file. This can be used if F<debian/> contains a debhelper -config file that a debhelper command should not act on. Note that -F<debian/compat>, F<debian/control>, and F<debian/changelog> can't be ignored, but -then, there should never be a reason to ignore those files. - -For example, if upstream ships a F<debian/init> that you don't want -B<dh_installinit> to install, use B<--ignore=debian/init> +The removal of this option is planned in compat 13. If you cannot +acheive your goal with L<dh-exec(1)> or executable debhelper +configuration files, please describe your needs at +L<https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=895061>. =item B<-P>I<tmpdir>, B<--tmpdir=>I<tmpdir> @@ -962,6 +959,10 @@ If you need them for B<*-indep> targets, you can add an explicit Build-Depends on B<dh-sequence-elf-tools>. +*item - + +The B<--ignore> command line option is deprecated. + =back =back --- a/lib/Debian/Debhelper/Dh_Getopt.pm +++ b/lib/Debian/Debhelper/Dh_Getopt.pm @@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ # Add a file to the ignore list. sub AddIgnore { my($option,$file)=@_; + compat(12) || error("compatibility level 13 deprecates --ignore"); $dh{IGNORE}->{$file}=1; } --- a/lib/Debian/Debhelper/Dh_Lib.pm +++ b/lib/Debian/Debhelper/Dh_Lib.pm @@ -978,6 +978,7 @@ } foreach my $file (@try) { if (-f $file && + # dh{IGNORE} may only exist in compat(12) (! $dh{IGNORE} || ! exists $dh{IGNORE}->{$file})) { return $file; }
